Rather than wild speculation, it is respectfully requested interested parties spend time reading the volumes of information on
www.savethesalt.org. where much has been gathered and posted for your eyes and information.
This is the FIRST public money in 30 years of asking that is devoted SOLELY to restore the salt crust. Period.
A restoration and engineering outline has been developed by a consortium of veteran land speed racers, the mining company and the various government agencies.
The Utah money will ONLY be used for restoration operations, not studies, and does not have a sunset provision. Further, NOTHING will be done until the Feds appropriate the additional 45 Million to fund the estimated costs for the expected 10-year restoration period. The Utah legislators were VERY SMART in how they wrote the appropriation language. Metaphorically think: "We've done our part, we've put our money where our mouth is, so now we'd like to see you do your part Congress. . . "
And so we go to Washington D.C.
We will need more letters. So when we ask, have your thoughts formed, we will ned another avalanche of support. Letters were a primary component of what got the business done in UTAH. Believe it.